Jacqueline Dupre (1945-1987), a British cellist, showed her extraordinary talent at the age of five. When he started his career at the age of sixteen, the gap between talent and age was astounding. In 1973, he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, so he bid farewell to the stage and died in his prime. Flowers and misfortune came to this originally ordinary family at the same time. This person who was born for music not only could not get out of the haze of his own personality, but also harmed his closest relatives: from dependence on his mother to hostility

Jacqueline Dupree and the cello

Jacqueline Dupre (1945-1987),

British cellist, she first showed her talent at the age of five and started her career at the age of sixteen. The gap between talent and age is overwhelming;

In 1973, he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, and he bid farewell to the stage. He stayed in bed for more than ten years, and finally died in his prime.

The piano she has used for the longest time is called Davidov. It is the one used by Yo-Yo Ma now. I know that Yo-Yo Ma also played the "Elgar Concerto". Zubin Mehta conducted this piece in a performance after her death. At the end of the first movement, he burst into tears and could not continue. For the rest of his life, he never conducted this piece again. The so-called swan song.

Curse of Talent---Comment on "Crazy Love of the Cello"

Shizen

Extraordinary talent created a music goddess, and her superb piano sound conquered the entire world world; at the same time, it took away the happiness in marriage, love and family that she should have as a normal woman. Could this be proof that "God is fair"? If so, then people would rather curse talent.

Jacqueline Dupre, who was considered a cello prodigy at the age of 11, was an outstanding musician in the 20th century. "Crazy Love for the Cello" (published by Shanghai Translation Press) traces her life of dying young in her prime with thoughts of love and hate. The narrators are Jacqueline's sister Hilary and brother Pierce. The narrative is not so much a longing for relatives as it is a farewell to a spirit. There is a quote at the end of the book: "Every family should have at least three children, and if one of them is a genius, there should be two more to support him." This sentence is full of resentment and full of sadness. In fact, the siblings and their parents "supported" Jacqueline, and their family and emotions were etched with scars. However, the emotional entanglement of love and hate in their hearts never subsided, like a glass of sour bitter wine, which kept choking in their throats. . Until that day, when she scattered a bouquet of pale and slightly pink roses on Jacqueline's coffin, the undercurrent of memory finally surged and flowed away.

Hillary also has excellent musical talent. At the age of 13, he performed Bach's works on TV with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. However, Jacqueline's light was too bright and overshadowed her sister. When she was 16 years old, she was already playing world-class famous pianos such as "Guarneri" and "Stradivarius", and became a "beautiful butterfly" flying in the midst of praise. At a Christmas party at Fu Cong's house, Jacqueline fell in love with the famous musician Daniel at first sight. This marriage, known as the golden couple, was actually the prelude to Jacqueline's tragic career. The coordination of musical performances and the harmony of personalities between couples are completely different things. Jacqueline's nature seems to dictate that she can only marry music. Music is not a skill for her but her entire life. The delicacy, delicacy, and fragility nurtured by praise since childhood formed her personality. She was unable to transcend and face daily life except music. So, first the insanity, then the disease of multiple sclerosis invaded. Her life effectively ended when she was in a wheelchair and could no longer play. The last days of this talented woman were spent facing her family who loved her with acrimony and surliness.

The slow and slow climb forms the rhythm of the writing of "Crazy Love for the Cello", which makes people appreciate the unavoidable pain, just like the moss of time gradually covering the whole body of the stone statue of the Muse. If there really is an elf in the music world, its abode may be musical instruments. It is said that Jacqueline's cello has been used by another famous contemporary musician. Next time this person comes to give a concert, will we still have the guts to listen to the performance?

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The Rose and Its Thorns---Recommended "Crazy Love for the Cello"

Chen Zengjue

She has a A musician mother. The mother discovered and cultivated the child's talent, making her a music prodigy. But is this a blessing or a disaster for the child's relatives and even herself? "Cello Love" thus looks at life coldly, its challenge is like a red cloth against an aggressive bull.

The protagonist of this biography is the 20th century cello wizard British female musician Jacqueline Dupree. This book tells a true story. It washes away the lead and writes the vicissitudes of life behind the gorgeous melody and waves of applause.

Alice, a professor at the Royal Academy of Music, started her two daughters’ education with music. In the childhood of sisters Hilary and Jacqueline, music became an interesting game. Strong joy or slight sadness were all in the melody and rhythm, and they were felt through the pressing of the black and white keys of the piano and the vibration of the violin bow strings. Mother's hard work soon paid off. Hillary entered the television studio at the age of 13 and played Bach's famous music with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Jacqueline's artistic talent was even more outstanding. At the age of 14, she played Saint-Sa?ns's concerto with great proficiency on the cello. She started to be a musician at the age of 16. career.

The precocious sisters brought honor to the family. Although her elder sister Hillary is outstanding, she seems a little dim in front of the brilliance of her younger sister. Jacqueline let music dominate her entire life. Although she and the famous musician Danny were considered to be a golden couple, although she flew around the world to perform and gained fame and money, her misfortune was over. Approach her quietly.

Since she was a child prodigy, Jacqueline’s praises and applause have inadvertently pampered and nourished her exquisite personality. The cello in her arms exalts elegance with sensitivity, and playing becomes instinctive for her without resorting to technique. But delicacy is inevitably fragile. In reality, even the roughness of some particles of life will make noise in her life strings and cause inexplicable anxiety. Jacqueline and Danny played on the same stage and cooperated perfectly, but the emotions between the couple were completely out of rhythm. Jacqueline first became mentally unbalanced and was almost sent to a mental hospital. She asked her sister for help. The kind-hearted Hillary could not have imagined that Jacqueline would use her obsession with her brother-in-law to heal her mental trauma. Hillary, who was suffering from this, looked up the dictionary. The first definition of "genius" in the dictionary is, "a person...who has a huge impact on others, whether for good or bad." If everything in the past was due to Jacqueline's defective personality, the second blow-the outbreak of multiple sclerosis was fatal to her. She gradually lost her ability to move normally and was in a wheelchair. In fact, once Jacqueline can no longer play music, it will be the beginning of her countdown to the end of her life.

The authors of "Crazy Love of the Cello" are Jacqueline's sister Hilary and brother Pierce. Their memories of their brothers and sisters are a mixture of sweetness and bitterness mixed with each other. Genius suppresses human nature. When Jacqueline was mentally unbalanced and plagued by illness, she often bit into the deep emotions of her family who loved her deeply. At this time, this genius showed another face of ungratefulness. After reading this literary biography, people seem to see the Dupree family holding a beautiful bouquet of roses to the world. Their beauty and fragrance fascinate the world. At the same time, you also see the hands holding the roses, pricked with blood from the sharp thorns of the flower stems.

Jacqueline Dupree

Dupree is a bit like the poet Plath, crazy and irrational

"The Edge"

This woman was perfect,

Her death

The corpse had a perfect smile,

A kind of Greek tragic ending

Appearing on the folds of her long skirt

Her naked feet

It seems that her feet are telling

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Each dead child is curled up like a nest of white snakes

Each has a small milk jug

already empty

It holds them in its arms

like a rose

Closes its petals, in the garden

Cold, the light of death

Fragrance overflows from the sweet, deep throat.

The moon is no longer sad,

The gaze shoots out from the seams of her bones.

It is used to this kind of thing.

The long black skirt was dragged slowly, making a rustling sound.

Looking through the biographies of musicians, large and small, in the 20th century, it should not be difficult to find such an entry: Jacqueline Dupre (1945-1987), a British cellist who started learning at the age of five. Qin immediately showed his extraordinary talent and started his professional playing career at the age of sixteen. The gap between his talent and his age was overwhelming.

In 1973, Dupree was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, and sadly bid farewell to the stage, finally dying in his prime...

This man has passed away, and the waves of life should have gathered together as Russell said. A trickle, and finally, it returns to nothingness in silence. However, for those who have experienced dazzling and poignant things like Dupree, the river of life always seems to have not found a suitable end point. From time to time, through the memory of the lover, a few waves will splash out heavily and lightly. , must make people who like to watch the scenery by the river sigh leisurely.

For Dupree’s closest relatives, sister Hilary and brother Pierce, this sigh was far heavier than others, lingering and unspeakable, and gradually turned into a nightmare. The only thing that can break this nightmare is time. Perhaps, for those involved, only when time quietly puts the past at a suitable distance can they gather the courage to face it again.

Seven years have passed by waiting for this.

In 1994, Hillary finally spread out her letter paper and melted the knot in her heart that had accumulated for ten years into her pen: it was a letter written to her long-dead mother. As soon as the floodgate hidden deep in the heart is opened, the memory bursts at the tip of the pen. Hillary wrote for four months, and the only person who could share this secret with her was Pierce. He read the manuscript quietly alone. When Hillary returned to the room, she was surprised to find, "It turns out that a man can shed so many tears." ".

Pierce also has knots in his heart that cannot be easily opened. He knew that the shortcut to salvation was to join hands with Hillary and get this done together. They went to visit Jackie's husband Danny, who had been entangled in love and hate for twenty years, and to visit the doctors, nurses, and friends who had accompanied Jackie in the long nights when she struggled to find a way out, and then there were memories, memories. , memories... the long-gone images become clearer layer by layer. Some parts are so familiar that they can be touched with a hand, and some parts are so unfamiliar that it makes people feel heartbroken. Bit by bit, they are all condensed into words, lamenting on the paper. Linger.

So there was this book, "Crazy Love of the Cello".

Close the book, and it seems like there are two Jackies overlapping in front of you. One, wearing a blue velvet floor-length dress, with blond hair that is as bright as a waterfall, is eye-catching: she was born for the stage, and wherever the piano sounds, there are destined to be flowers and applause all the way, just waiting for her Walking gracefully; the other one was huddled in a closed corner, lonely, angry, and crying sadly: in front of and behind her, there was a mass of darkness with no end in sight, as thick as a rubber wall. You could vaguely feel her pain, but You just can't really get close to her.

The seeds of Jackie’s life’s joys and sorrows, which are unknown to the public, were actually planted at an early age. Jackie was born into a musical family. Her mother, a music professor, was a genius in her own right when it came to discovering and cultivating geniuses. She tailor-made a ladder to success for Jackie, so persuasive and considerate. Jackie didn't have to think about anything, didn't have to do anything, she just needed to indulge in the music. Who can believe that Jacqueline Dupree, a musician who can move freely on the stage, will send packages home one after another no matter where she tours - there are no gifts in them, just all the changes of clothes, Even socks are not immune. Jackie never changed this habit throughout her life.

When it comes to marrying musician Danny Barenboing, Jackie's personality obstacles finally turned into a cup of sour wine, making the golden boy and daughter, who were envied by outsiders, miserable. The flood of performance offers and the huge conflict with her husband's living habits left Jackie at a loss: her mother and teachers successfully taught her to play the piano and perform, but they did not teach her how to live and how to deal with the dual pressures of the outside world and the heart. Live like normal people.

Perhaps it was at this time that the disease began to invade her delicate body. Even her closest relatives and friends couldn't tell. For Jackie, which one came first and which suffered the physical and mental suffering, or were they the cause and effect of each other? Multiple sclerosis is an extremely rare terminal disease. There is no specific medicine, and no one can predict the course of the disease. People can only watch her actions, words and even breathing being eaten away bit by bit. In public, Jackie was a fighter who fought against the disease to the end, was a poster boy for raising funds for charity, and was the darling of the sensational media; but when she returned home, she fell into deep despair, and her surly words and deeds almost made her Shutting out everyone who loved and cared about her. The last candlelight of life exhausted its oxygen in the distortion and fragmentation, and was dimly extinguished.

What is before us is actually more than just a biography of a musician. In a sense, it is more like an unanswerable question about human nature, success, and family. The two biographers have always played an indispensable role in Jackie's life. It is conceivable that their own lives are closely intertwined with this period of joy and sorrow, and it is difficult to distinguish them from each other. In Hillary's words, Jackie is a powerful and irresistible tide. From the first day when she suddenly had the idea, the whole family has been carried forward by this tide, becoming increasingly powerless.

Hillary is good at playing the flute, and she achieved some success under her mother's training when she was young. However, her younger sister's shine was too dazzling, and while she dominated the scene, she also blocked her sister's success in the music world. The courage to keep climbing. Hillary turned to devote all her enthusiasm to her family, hoping to live a quiet life on a country farm with her husband and children for the rest of her life. However, a call for help from Jackie brought her back to the real world. She just wanted to help Jackie, and this idea was so strong that she still had no hesitation even after learning that Jackie wanted to steal her husband. After reading the whole book, this paragraph may be the most thrilling and puzzling. plot. The strongest and weakest, the darkest and brightest parts of human nature are so incredibly intertwined that they overwhelm you without explanation.

Pierce is another story. He also likes music, but his interest is limited to an ordinary music lover seeking a feast for his ears. Growing up, he always felt that people all over the world were asking him: "As the third child of the Dupree family, which musical instrument do you play?" Fortunately, his parents did not force him, but instead gave him the gift of music compared to his two older sisters. There is more room for choice, so Pierce's growth trajectory and mentality will always be more peaceful and healthier. However, perhaps because in the eyes of Jackie, who is terminally ill, such a free and healthy lifestyle is elusive, the originally close brother-sister relationship has gone out of tune and changed - even until her sister On her deathbed, Pierce failed to dispel her jealousy and regain her understanding and tolerance.

Whether it is Hillary or Pierce, revisiting the past is certainly not an easy task. Through reading, we can feel that they are walking on thin ice when writing - on the one hand, they are using words to recreate the style of a generation of musical wizards, and all historical materials and data related to Jackie must be carefully researched; on the other hand, But their inner voices struggled to tell a true story behind the stage, like quietly leading the audience who were stunned by the peacock's gorgeous wings to behind the peacock to see what a cramped picture it was. There is their beloved Jackie in the picture, as well as themselves.

The story is true, but its inherent dramatic tension is not necessarily inferior to any novel. Therefore, "Cello Love" was a hit as soon as it came out, and it was quickly made into a movie. The film was beautifully shot, and although many rambling plots were cut off to accommodate the film's capacity (the biggest change was that Pierce's clues were almost hidden, and only the entanglement between Hillary and Jackie was emphasized), it permeated the entire film. The pathos in the biography lingers with the Elgar cello concerto that appears repeatedly in the film, which is just right.

In Hong Kong and Taiwan, this movie has an incomprehensible but closely related translation called "She's Lonelier than Fireworks". Upon closer inspection, it can quite sum up the life of Jacqueline Dupree. Thinking deeply, even ordinary people like us, who dares to say that once faced with the haze in the heart, there will really be no trace of Jackie in him?

Interpreting others is to face yourself more clearly.

At the end of the film, the audience is shown an endless beach. That was Jersey, the carefree country of Jackie and Hilary's childhood. Elgar's Cello Concerto, with its mercury-like momentum, almost filled the audience's entire perceptual world, leaving only a little blank space in the image. At this time, two Jackies appeared on the big screen, one was a child who was not tall enough to play the cello, and the other was successful and famous, but the tears of the years were vaguely visible on his face. They met outside of life and death, with a vast sea of ??land in between.

This scene is the most appropriate commentary on the original work: how difficult it is to consistently maintain oneself in this world